OK I got one letter wrong, then I fixed it, then I received my reward. It's not material why or how. But it's not a clean victory. I thank you for a good puzzle.

5:21 pm February 7, 2013

Fred wrote:

I believe you did the puzzle in lsss than 53 minutes. 'Cuz I believe everything everyone tells me.

5:42 pm February 7, 2013

Max wrote:

After last week, this was a nice ego booster; I needed it.

5:42 pm February 7, 2013

Pal wrote:

Who else prints these out on legal size, 'fit to page'? It makes a lovely 5" sq. grid with lots of room for extra letters.

5:47 pm February 7, 2013

Lucy wrote:

Good puzzle!

5:52 pm February 7, 2013

CT Yanker wrote:

Nice one. 27 min. Once you get the anagrams, you're sweet.

6:42 pm February 7, 2013

Shay wrote:

This was a fun one. Thanks WSJ!

6:52 pm February 7, 2013

james Lenslovecrafter lehr wrote:

35A Wouldn't this be Double Jeopardy? This was a nice breezy one, even as some of you are about to get snowed in significantly.

7:41 pm February 7, 2013

Don wrote:

A fun puzzle, most welcome after last week! Hard enough, to require check answers, but rewarding once done.

9:20 pm February 7, 2013

HHH wrote:

Clever and charming and not too difficult, a perfect Friday puzzle.

9:04 am February 8, 2013

Peter wrote:

So much better.

10:07 am February 8, 2013

Lisa wrote:

What Peter said.

10:33 am February 8, 2013

Cave Lady wrote:

Great fun --- thankyou WSJ.

11:07 am February 8, 2013

Daniel Nathaniel wrote:

Lots of fun this week.

11:38 am February 8, 2013

mary collins finn wrote:

Can anyone advise? I get the print version but have always preferred to do the online version. After years of no problem, suddenly last week no puzzle appears. I tried clicking to download the applet as directed and was linked to an array of Java choices. I downloaded all the MAc related ones. Now I can see the puzzle but can't type in the answers. Thanks in advance for any help!

11:54 am February 8, 2013

marcia wrote:

ENESCU is correct spelling

12:10 pm February 8, 2013

EL GEE wrote:

It was a breeze, but that's not to demean the author...Very clever creation. Hoping for an acrostic tomorrow
Editor Shenk.

12:13 pm February 8, 2013

EL GEE wrote:

'Twas a breeze today...But that's not to demean the creator of this cleverly constructed puzzle. Hope Editor Shenk has a good acrostic in store for tomorrow.

12:48 pm February 8, 2013

Cave Lady wrote:

Not so, Marcia, it's Georges Enesco, Webster's confirms that.

12:49 pm February 8, 2013

JAB71 wrote:

Mary -- Apple discovered a security problem with Java last month and disabled its use on Macs (I'm not sure how they did it, but they did). The newest Java (Version 7 Update 13) seems to work now but it's been hit or miss the last few weeks. Make sure you enable Java by going to Safari >> Preferences >> Security.

12:58 pm February 8, 2013

Lily wrote:

I think Ionescu was the Romanian spelling. Ionesco was the French spelling. I can't explain the initial "e," except perhaps we've anglicized the playwright's name. Anyone?

1:53 pm February 8, 2013

Mark Sullivan wrote:

After last week's puzzle, this was a snap.

2:27 pm February 8, 2013

Cave Lady wrote:

Lily --- George Enesco was a composer, not a playwright. Eugene Ionescu was the playwright.

3:55 pm February 8, 2013

Marcia wrote:

French: George Enesco
Romanian: Georg Enescu {birth name}

1:15 am February 9, 2013

Gregory wrote:

Loved it. If I can finish in one sitting, I miss working it out the next day, but this was a good puzzle with some interesting twists. Thanks!

11:47 am February 9, 2013

Larry wrote:

Travels precluded defering to Saturday, but what a pleasant way to defer my chores for the day.

1:36 pm February 9, 2013

Smeds wrote:

Mary, for some reason the WSJ insists on maintaining this outdated and underperforming Java platform. I have made repeated comments (some of which have been deleted) and emailed the puzzle folks asking them to update the platform to no avail. Until they do, we'll continue to have these issues. Takes a lot of the fun out of the puzzles.

2:02 pm February 9, 2013

Claudia wrote:

Diary of a Crossword Fiend has the WSJ Friday puzzle available in Across-Lite file.

4:54 pm February 9, 2013

Anonymous wrote:

I am having a real problem accessing puzzle via Java. I click the link "if you can't see the puzzle" but I am faced with multiple iterations of JAVA and frankly am not computer savvy enought to pick the right one. Shame on WSJ and JAVA for creating a frustrating user experience.

5:26 pm February 9, 2013

JR wrote:

V clever puzzle!! Perfect snowstorm activity!

6:09 pm February 9, 2013

droll wrote:

Given all of the positive comments, I am feeling really stupid. What does "Wrongs" refer to?

12:46 am February 10, 2013

mike wrote:

I loved the puzzle, but it totally messed me up whn I turned to the NYT Friday puzzle and kept trying to find anagrams. By the way, I think the quality of the Friday WSJ has now passed the Sunday NYT, but that may be because I have gotten used the Will Shortz quirks.

12:59 am February 10, 2013

Alice wrote:

Puzzled over the theme at first, but once on board, it certainly helped. Couple of tough crosses for me, but otherwise a nice level of difficulty.

5:57 am February 10, 2013

Tim M wrote:

Woooow, what a theme, how on earth does someone come up w/ those?

Great puzzle, all is forgiven after last week's stinker.

11:04 am February 10, 2013

Jerry+Maggie wrote:

Really good puzzle. My wife was an English major (45 yrs ago) and we were able to complete the puzzle in an evening by swapping back and forth. That's a record for us. Thanks WSJ!

1:13 am February 11, 2013

West Coast Pete wrote:

@Tim M -- One comes up with a puzzle like this by using an anagram generator. Start with a list of authors' names and see which ones have useful anagrams. Not nearly as clever or creative as the typical Friday puzzle in the WSJ.

After the great fun last Friday, this was quite a comedown.

12:06 pm February 11, 2013

Huck wrote:

Ods bodkins? I figured it out from the down clues, but I've never heard it before. In Googling it, it appears to be a pretty obscure reference.

6:56 pm February 11, 2013

Will wrote:

This was a rough one for me. I'm not nearly well-enough read, I guess. 72A and 95A particularly held me up.

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